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A water tank has the shape of an inverted right circular cone, whose semi-vertical angle is tan-112. Water is poured into it at a constant rate of 5 cubic m/min. Then the rate (in m/min), at which the level of water is rising at the instant when the depth of water in the tank is 10 m; is:
  1. 110π
  2. 115π
  3. 15π
  4. 2π

Solution

The given water tank is of the shape shown by the diagram.

The semi-vertical angle θ=tan-112,  tanθ=12

Let at any time t min, height of water level is h m  and radius of cone filled with water be r m.

Also, we have tanθ=rh

rh=12

r=h2   ...i

Now, the volume of the water at time t min in the cone is V=13πr2h

On putting the value of r from the equation i, we get

V=π3h34=π12h3

Now, differentiating with respect to t, we get

dVdt=π123h2dhdt

Put the given value of dVdt & h

5=π4100dhdt

dhdt=15π m/min

Asked in: JEE Main 2019 (09 Apr Shift 2)

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